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Evan Schanz

@evanschanz

Software Architect at Prevedere who built a forecasting platform and cut API response times from 2 seconds to 50ms.

At Prevedere, I architected an operational forecasting platform for retail supply chain and manufacturing inventory data, helping enterprises generate demand and inventory forecasts.

I built an ML forecasting pipeline that orchestrates Prophet and LightGBM models with Kubernetes jobs, and added a browser-based analytics layer using DuckDB-WASM and Angular.

I also led the migration from SAS to a Python/R-based architecture, completing it six months ahead of schedule and reducing infrastructure costs. By redesigning data retrieval and caching, I cut API response times from 2 seconds to 50ms.

Earlier at Prevedere and OEConnection, I developed predictive modeling capabilities, pricing APIs, and automated tests. I’ve also served as lead engineer across feature teams and mentored engineers.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Architect

Current

Prevedere

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Architected an operational forecasting platform for retail supply chain and manufacturing inventory data, enabling enterprises to generate demand and inventory forecasts at scale. Led migration from SAS to Python/R, optimized API response times, and mentored engineers.

Kubernetes Prophet LightGBM Parquet DuckDB WASM Angular Python R API Optimization Mentorship

Software Architect

Prevedere

Jan 2021 - Jan 2023 (2 years)

Designed and implemented caching logic within a Service Fabric application, reducing database load. Architected an integration API connecting the core product with the data science team's SAS platform.

Azure Service Fabric Caching API Design SAS Integration

Senior Software Engineer

Prevedere

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)

Developed scoring functionality for regression models in collaboration with data scientists. Built a genetic algorithm to identify optimal models and implemented a weighted univariate regression model type.

Regression Models Genetic Algorithms Data Science Python R

Software Engineer

Prevedere

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)

Contributed to the core development team for the v6 application release, resolving critical bugs and shipping new features. Authored Selenium UI test suite and created custom data visualizations using D3.js.

Selenium D3.Js UI Testing Data Visualization

Software Engineer

OEConnection

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)

Led development of a new pricing API, owning the full lifecycle from design through production deployment. Maintained 99.99% uptime for the mechanical product line and mentored junior developers.

API Development OAuth SSO Mentorship Uptime Maintenance

Associate Software Engineer

OEConnection

Jan 2015 - Jan 2017 (2 years)

Built automated acceptance tests using SpecFlow, increasing regression test coverage. Upgraded backend catalog services to an asynchronous architecture, improving throughput and responsiveness.

SpecFlow Testing Automation Asynchronous architecture Backend Services